In this analysis, we examined the subsample of hospitals that showed a strong preference for one or the other acid suppressive drug type (with at least 90% of patients receiving one or the other agent, presumably on the basis of a formulary or protocol), with preference acting as an instrument.
Only a few studies have directly examined priority setting in hospitals – two focused on technology acquisition [ 6, 7], one on strategic planning [ 8], one on a hospital drug formulary [ 9], and two on hospital ICUs [ 10, 11].
While the focus of this qualitative study was not family physicians' knowledge of drug costs but on their attitudes about prescribing using a formulary, we learned that these family physicians' knowledge of relative costs of drugs is based on their experience that formularies list less costly generic or brand-name drugs and not newer more expensive ones.
Sometimes the insurer will disagree over a patient's medication, wanting them to use a medication that is on their formulary (a list of perferred medications) that they may have already tried rather than one I prescribe that I believe will be more effective.
Because of specific financial agreements between plans and different pharmaceutical companies, only certain drugs are available on a plan's formulary, or listing, of covered drugs.
"The Florida program violates the federal Medicaid law" because it requires drug companies to provide discounts beyond those required by federal law as a condition of being included on a state's formulary, Ms. Faiks said.
The facility that did not have a respiratory fluoroquinolone on formulary had a lower rate of C. difficile infection than the median rates for facilities that used levofloxacin or moxifloxacin.
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services typically include all US FDA-approved medications on their formulary, through an evidence-based process without the analysis of cost-effectiveness [ 29].
That is, a message appears alerting the prescriber that the medication is not on the formulary along with a box of alternative medications that are on the formulary.
Under the law, doctors would need permission to prescribe a drug not on the formulary.
